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I r This Week’s Citation Classic ~ SEPT~MBER24,i984 Brady R 0, Gal A E, Bradley R M, Martensson E, Warshaw A L & Laster L Enzymatic defect in Fabry’s disease: ceramidetrihexosidase deficiency. N. Engi. J. Med. 276:1163-7, 1967. [Lab. Neurochem. Nati. Inst. Neurological Dis. and Blindness, and Sect. Gastroenterol. Metabolic Dix. Branch, Nati. Inst. Arthritis and Metabolic Dix., NIH, Bethesda, MDI Fabry’s disease is an inherited metabolic disorder irs which a lipid called ceramidetrihexoside accumulates throughout the body. The condition was shown to be due to a deficiency of the enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of the terminal molecule of galactose of ceramidetrihesoside. [The SCI~indicates that this paper has been cited in over 290 publications since 1967.1 Roscoe 0. Brady Developmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20205 July 5, 1984 “Fabry’s disease is transmitted as an X-chromosome-linked recessive disorder. Hemizygous males frequently have a reddish-purple maculopapular rash on their skin. They experience acroparesthesias in the hands and feet that get worse with exercise and hot weather. The clinical picture is further characterized by corneal opacities, tortuosity of retinal vessels, generalized atherosclerosis, propensity to premature myocardial infarction and stroke, and eventual renal shutdown. Heterozy. gotes usually have much milder manifestations although severe signs may be apparent in occasional individuals. “Original descriptions of this condition 1 were pub2 lished by dermatologists W. Anderson and J. Fabry in 1898. Eventually, it became apparent that there was ageneralized accumulation of lipid in the tissue of these patients. In 1963, Charles C. Sweeley and Bernard Klionsky reported that ceramidetrihesoside [galactosylgalactosylglucosylceramide, (CTH)] was 3 the major accumulating material in Fabry’s disease. Much of this lipid appears to be derived from glycolipids in the stronsa of senescent erythrocytes. “In 1965 and 1966, David Shapiro, julian N. Kanfer, and I synthesized several sphingolipids II 14 labeled with C with which the metabolic defects in Gaucher’s disease and Niemann-Pick disease were established. Based on these findings, I anticipated that Fabry’s disease was caused by a deficiency of an enzyme that cleaves the terminal mol4 ecule of galactose from CTH. However, in 1966, it was not possible to synthesize CTH chemically with a radioactive tracer in the critical terminal molecule of galactose. Andrew E. Gal joined my group and succeeded in labeling ceramidetrihesoside throughout the molecule by exposing it to radioactive hydrogen gas in a sealed vessel (the Wilebach procedure). Since (he terminal galactose contained radioactive 3H, we were able to trace the fate of this moiety. We discovered that mammalian tissues contain an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of this galactose and that intestinal 5 mucosa had the highest activity in this regard. Optimal conditions for measuring the activity of this enzyme were determined and lactosylceramide was identified as the product of the reaction. When this information became available, Andrew 1. Warshaw and Leonard Laster obtained biopsy specimens of human small intestinal mucosa from 12 controls, from men with Fabry’s disease, and from the mother of one of the patients. Ceramidetrihexosidase activity was readily demonstrated in the specimens from the controls, whereas no activity was detected in the biopsies from the men with Fabry’s disease. The activity of the enzyme in the sample from the female carrier was 25 percent of the mean of the controls,a value considerably less than might have been expected for a heterozygote, but compatible with the Lyon hypothesis for X-chromosome inactivation. Furthermore, this level of enzyme activity was consistent with her clinical presentation. “I believe the paper is frequently cited because Fabry’s disease is one of the more common sphingolipid storage disorders. Numerous investigations on the pathogenesis of the clinical manifestations6 in this condition and approaches to the control 1 and therapy of this disorder have been reported. A review of historical aspects and summary 8 of recent studies on Fabry’s disease is available.” I. Anderson W. A case of angiokeratoma. Bn’z. I. Dertttatol. I0:t13-17. 1898. (Cited 70 limes since 1955.) 2. F.br~1. Em Beitrag cur Kenntnis der Putpura haemorrhagica nodularis (Purpura papulosa haemorrhagica Hebrae). Arch. Det’matol. Srphi(is 43:187-200. 1898. (Cited 105 times since 1955.) 3. Sweeky C C & Kllonaky a. Fabrys disease: classification as a sphingolipidosis and partial characterization of a novel gtvcolipid. I. Biol. C/tern. 238:PC3148-50. 1963. (Cited 230 times.) 4. Brady R 0. Sptsingolipidoses. N. Engi. I. Med. 275:312-18. 1966. (Cited 110 times.) 5. Brid~R 0, Gil A E. Bradley B M & Manen,són E. The metabolism of ceramide trihexosides. I. Purification and properties of an enzyme that cleaves the terminal galactose molecule of galactosvtgalactosylgtucosvtceramide. .1, Biol. C/tens. 242:1021-6. 1967. (Cited 75 times.) 6. Brid~8 0. Ultlendort B W & Jacobson C B. Fabrys disease: antenatal diagnosis. Science 172:174-S. 1971. (Cited 90 times.) 7. Brady R th Tiliman J F. Johnson W G Gal A E Leahy W E, Quirk I M & Dekaban A S. Replacement therapy tor inherited enryme deliciencv: use of purified ceramidetrihexosidase in Fabrys disease. N. EngI. J. Med. 289:9-14. 1973. (Cited 120 times.( 8. Brady R 0. Fabr s disease. (Dyck P2. Thomas P K. Lumbers E H & Bange R. cdx.) Peripheral neuroparltv. Philadelphia: Saunders. 1984. p. 1717-27. 20 IS ©i984 by ISI® CURRENT CONTENTS®